It took me a really long time to understand that "deist" meant "deist." Like the time I saw an ad for batteries and I was like "REHnewALL? What the hell is that?" I thought "deist" was a made-up word and then I thought it was a reference to one of Becca's teachers and then I thought it was the twin of singer-songwriter (?) Feist.

I like how often Andy is a named character in these poems. So Shakespearean!!!

WHAT WE DO

NaPoWriMo was founded in 2003, when poet Maureen Thorson decided to take up the challenge (modeled after NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month), and challenged other poets to join her. Since then, the number of participants has gotten larger every year, and many writers’ organizations, local, national and even international, organize NaPoWriMo activities.